what also wonders me a lot is that all people here who claim that their unit doesn't smell bad or something, never(!) admit (right away) that the vapor is unpleasant hot.
Even the manufacturer claims that this is a problem!
this is somehow true, you can burn your lips if they touch the vapor stream. however when taking the mouthpiece a little further into your mouth so this doesn’t happen i have no problems with the temperature of the vapor.
also you said its not even a conduction vaporizer? its conduction at its best, purely heating the chamber enclosing the bud not the air passing through, not sure what you meant with that. i still do understand that it has been a big frustration for you with both units being crap. what can i say, there are working units, maybe different batches or whatever.
btw
@queefermadness glad your unit works too. have never been fooled by fasttech, i bet they even replace the unit when telling them there is a strong persistent plastic smell.
im using this thing now frequently besides my solo on the go. i like the oven size on it (little larger than solo) and how convenient it is to hold and draw from. as
@queefermadness said quality seems nice from the looks.
the electronics smell has disappeared now completely but still the vapor doesn't taste as nice as the solo but quite good.
did a 10 min session on red (lowest temp) was very flavorful and even visible vapor, so to correct my previous statement, its a very useable temperature. after that i finished the bowl on green for a little longer.
prefer starting and ending on green (middle setting) though, occasionally i finish the load on blue (highest) which gives again very thick vapor although green wouldn’t produce much anymore. smell is gone but the "smoking" feeling is very nice. abv is still dark brown not black.
blue from the start is way too hot, destroys the taste instantly and darkens the bud very fast.
charging time is about 4-6 hours, cannot tell exactly. fully loaded battery seems to work nicer than a heavy drained one (time to heat up for example). its still giving me about 6-7 sessions on green with some blue.
for what i paid i find it has a very high value and performs very nice.